A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after the electric dirt bike he was riding collided with a van at a Melbourne intersection.

Melbourne police responded to the crash involving a 2001 Chrysler van and an electric dirt bike at approximately 4:17 p.m. at the intersection of Wickham Road and Lake Washington Road.

The child riding the electric dirt bike sustained serious bodily injuries and was airlifted to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando. A landing zone was established at a nearby golf course for the transport. The child is currently being treated.

According to the initial investigation, the electric dirt bike was traveling west on Lake Washington, west of Wickham, when the Chrysler van, leaving a parking lot on the northwest corner of

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